A RARE AND UNUSUAL NANMU BUDDHIST SHRINE
QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)
With nine gilt niches surrounded by openwork carving of scrolling clouds interspersed with bats and shou characters above mountains and crashing waves, framed by a continuous border of key fret along the edges, the narrow sides carved in low relief with leafy lotus scroll and bats suspending wan and shou emblems along the top, the reverse incised with a meandering leafy scroll, the whole set onto a rectangular base carved with bands of downward lotus lappets
25 1/8 in. (63.8 cm.) high
A RARE AND UNUSUAL NANMU BUDDHIST SHRINE
QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)
With nine gilt niches surrounded by openwork carving of scrolling clouds interspersed with bats and shou characters above mountains and crashing waves, framed by a continuous border of key fret along the edges, the narrow sides carved in low relief with leafy lotus scroll and bats suspending wan and shou emblems along the top, the reverse incised with a meandering leafy scroll, the whole set onto a rectangular base carved with bands of downward lotus lappets
25 1/8 in. (63.8 cm.) high
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